Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From French quart.

Noun edit

قارت (kart)

  1. quarter

Etymology 2 edit

Ultimately onomatopoeic

Interjection edit

قارت (kart)

  1. imitates scratching taking place when a hard object is bitten

Etymology 3 edit

Ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *kạrï (old person), whence earlier قاری (karı, old person). Cognate with Kazakh қарт (qart, old man), Kyrgyz карт (kart, old, old man), Azerbaijani qart, etc.

Adjective edit

قارت (kart)

  1. tough, hard
  2. old, stale
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Turkish: kart